Informal Workplace Learning Experiences of Graduate Student Employees

Autor/in	Ünlühisarcikli, Özlem
Titel	Informal Workplace Learning Experiences of Graduate Student Employees
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 58 (2018) 1, S.66-87 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Incidental Learning; Workplace Learning; Learning Experience; Graduate Students; Student Employment; Employees; Semi Structured Interviews; Data Interpretation; Cooperation; Job Skills; Skill Development; Work Environment; Qualitative Research; Critical Incidents Method; Pennsylvania; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Inzidentelles Lernen; Lernerfahrung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Studentenarbeit; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Arbeitsmilieu; Qualitative Forschung; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Informal learning and how individuals learn in the workplace have gained increasing attention by researchers in recent years. In relation to other learning activities, informal learning constitutes a substantial part of an adult's life. This paper explores the informal workplace learning experiences of graduate student employees. Data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 14 PhD students who were employed at their universities. Thematic analysis was used to interpret the data. The findings revealed that graduate student employees learn at work by participating in various work practices, collaborating with colleagues and advisers, and meeting new challenges that provide learning opportunities. The challenges of a set task play a crucial role in learning and skill acquisition, and learning happens as a result of interaction between an individual, an activity and a context. The workplace also provides a social environment where people can grow in maturity and learn responsibility as well as skills. Learning is embodied in the everyday practices of work. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01